Addressing-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

C. OWENS & A. LYLE.

ADDRESSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1905.

PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

0. OWE-NS & A. LYLE.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1P0.

SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 889,328. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

U. UWBNS & A. LYLE.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1906. 4 SHEETS SHEHT [L a directing'drum or puley 4.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES OWENS ANlQ- ALEXANDER LYLE, OF GHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE; SAID LYLEASSIGNOR TO DWIGHT P. MONIAGUE, QF'CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed June 2, 1906. Serial No. 319 974.

To all whom it m my concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES OWENS and ALEXANDER LYLE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chattanooga, Tennessee, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Addressing Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to addressing machines, such for instance as thatdisclosed in Letters Patent of the United States dated July 17/06,#826054.

The invention consists in the features, combination and arrangement ofarts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of so much of theimproved apparatus as will make clear my present invention. Fig. 2 isa'detail view of gearing between the stencil drum and the platen. Fig. 2is a detail view of a recess for receiving the stencils. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the stencil drum, the platen and associated partslooking from the right of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion ofthe stencil earrying drum with the means thereon for holding thestencils. Fig. 4* is a view on a reduced scale of a cam track forcontrolling the gripper mechanism for the stencils. Figs. 5 and 6 aredetail sectional views of the inking pad. 7 Fig. 7 is a sectional viewthrough the stencil drum on theline of its axis and through the drivingmechanism along the axis thereof, the gears (55 and 66 whiclrwouldappear at the extreme left of said figure have been omitted. Fig. 7 a isadetailed'viewrelating to the clutch mechanism. Fig. 8 is a plan View ofone of the stencils. Fig. 9 is a side view of the delivery mechanism.Fig. 10 is an end view ofthe delivery chute. and its operatingmechanism. Figs. -]1 and 11 show a modified form of inking mechanism.

The magazines or other articles to be addressed are sup lied to themachine by en dless belts, one of w'iich is indicated'at 1 passing by areverser 2, over-a laten 3 and'around The platen 3 is arranged on theshaft 3 with its periphery close to a drum 5 on a shaft 5 which drumcarries the stencils from the hopper around to the platen where theymeet in succession the magazines or other articles to be addressed asthey arrive at the'machine, and ink being supplied to the su erimposedparts as hereinafter described, tie address being thus printed upon themagazine or other a rticle. The stencil drum is driven throu h mechanismsimilar to that disclosed in tie patent referredto comprising the shaft7 having a bevel gear 8 thereon meshing with a gear 9 on a hub or drum10 turning loosely on the hub of a clutch disk 11 which is keyed to thedrive shaft 12 of the stencil drum. The gear drum 10 is provided withaclutch pin 13 pressed by a spring 14 to engage a notch in the clutchdisk M and thus connect the gear 9 with the shaft 12 so as to drive thesame. The clutch pin has a projection 15 thereon ada ted to ride up theinclined end 16 of a clut-c lever 16 when said leverstands in a certain"position, and thus release the clutch pin from the clutch disk 11 atwhich time the stencil drum is at rest, and it is in this condition solong as the magazines cease feeding. In other words the normal conditionof the drum is at rest and it is set in motion by a magazine being fedthereto. When a magazine reaches the reverser it is caught by the fingeror sto 17. of said reverser and held positively whi e the reverser isbeing turned by a rod 18 operated in any suitable manner, which rod isconnected with the arm 18 on the shaft 19 of the reverser. The reverserconsists of a number of segments or disks on the shaft 19 and the fingeror stop finger 17 is arranged centrally of the said shaft.

When the magazine is held by the reverser finger and the reverser givena turning movement'in the direction of the arrow the magazine will beforcibly pressed against the trip arm 20 and thus the shaft -21carrying. said arm will'be turned and through the arm 22 thereon andthe. link 23 the clutch lever 16 will be withdrawn to allow the s ringpin 13 to engage the clutch disk 11 an thus drive the drum 5 one step,and if the magazine's arrive in pro er time the movement of the drumWlll e continuous, whereas if the magazines feed irregularly themovement of the drum will become intermittent or step by I steip asdescribed in the patent above noted,

. t will be seen that the magazines are not simply pressed against thetn arm by the force resulting from their forward feed byth'e tape butthey are held by the'finge-r 17 and forced positively against the triparm and then are deposited upon the tapes having been turned through...an angle of 180. When the reverser is turned the segmental portionsthereof form obstructions to the forward feed of the oncoming magazineuntil the reverser resumes normal position again when the next magazineis received by the finger 17 as above described.

When the reverser turns through 180 from the position shown in Fig. 2and in the direction of the arrow the magazine is thereby laid upon theta es or feed bands which move the magazine orward to the platen andmain drum carrying the stencils. This stencil carrying drum is providedas shown in Fig. 7 with ribs 24 extending around its periiphery whichribs fit closely the lbwer edge the hopper 6 and sustain the 'pile ofstencils within the hopper. These" ribs are recessed at certain pointsaround the periphery of the drum, one of these recesses being shown inFig. 2 at 25 and also i Fig. 4. hen one of these recesses comes beneaththe hopper 6 the lowermost stencil therein drgps into the recess andthis recess is of just su cient depth to receive this stencil whileholding the others up in place within the hop per. At each of thesepoints 25 of the drum there is an ink pad and the stencils when inposition overlie these ink pads and are carried around by the drum inthis superinrposed position so as to meet the magazine and apply theaddress thereto as the said stencils and magazines in superim )osedrelation pass between the platen and the drum The ribs 24 serve toprovide the least possible friction between the pile of stencils in theho per and the rotary carrier and being locate at a slight distance fromthe ends of the stencil the space between 'themand the ends of thestencil provides for any unevenness at the corners or ends of thestencil which invariably occurs in card-boarr l stencils and finally asabove indicated these ribs in connection with the bottom of the hopperform means for positively feeding the stencils or plates one at a timeby having the bottom of the hopper conform exactly t0 the circumferenceof these ribs and providing said ribs with recesses at intervals toreceive the stencils one at a time. from the hopper.

The mechanism for positively gripping and transporting the stencils fromthe hopper l) to the platen for the purpose of superimposing them uponthe magazines comprises fingers 2G, 27, those marked- 26 being arrangedat or near one edge of the drum while those marked 27 are arranged atthe other edge of the drum and approximately axially in line with theones first mentioned there being two of the grippers 36 for each one ofthe grippers 27. The fingers or grippers 26 are fixed to the drum inanyesuitable manner while the fingers or grippers 27 have a slidingmovement in a direction longitudinally of the drum or parallel with theaxis thereof. Each gripper 27 cm) )eratcs with two of the fixed grippers26 to hold one of the stencils.

The movable grip ers are'each carried upon a sliding frame, t iere beingone such frame for each movable gripper and this frame consists of thebars 28 supported in the drum to slide longitudinally thereof, said rodsbeing connected at their ends by-cross bars 29 to one of which crossbars the movable gripper is attached as shown in Figs. 4 and 7, as isalso an abutment 30. The other cross bar carries a block or abutment 31,lying between the two lingers or grippers 26 and this a'but ment 3] alsocarries a roller 32 to engage a cam track 33 extending concentric withthe axis of the drum. The sliding frame is under pressure of a spring 34tending constantly to move the frame towards the left in Figs. 4 and 7,but this pressure is resisted by the roller 32 hearing against the camtrack, and therefore when the grippers arrive at the stencil hopper 6the movable gripper 27 of each set will benpressed to the right by. theroller running on the cam track and thus the space beneath the hopperwill be unobstructed so far as the grippers are concerned and thelowermost stencil will drop freely into the recess of the ribs 24 andwith its ends between the edge flanges or rims 25" of the druni. in therevolution of the drum the stencil is carried from the hopper and in thefirst part of its transporting movement it is retained in the recess 25by'thc overlying segment 35. Soonafter the stencil is -transported bythe drum from the hopper the roller 3-;2 runs off the end of the cam ortrack at the point I). This allows the spring 34 to exert its forcemoving the sliding frame leftward Figs. -l and T with the result thatthe gripper finger 27 overlies the stencil while the abutment strikesthe cud of the stencil and pushes it laterally across the face of thedrum.

The abutment SH opposite the abutment- 30 just mentioned beingconuc'clcd to the same sliding frame with the abutment Ill) recedes asthe abutment 3U advances and the edge of the stencil is therefore pushedunder the pair of fixed grippers .26 and is heldin place by said fixedgrippers and the movable grippers while being supcrimposral upon themagazines and while the impression is being made. The edge of thcstencil as a result of the action just referred to abuts against theinner side of the rim or flange 27 at the left band edge of the drum,Fig. -l. The stencil as just stated is held in this manner by thegrippers until after it passes the impression platen when upon reachingthe end of the cam way or track 32'} the roller 32 by engaging therewithwill push the sliding frame to the. right against the action of thespring 3-! and thus the abutment Ill will move the stencil from underthe gripper lingers ill) and the stencil then coming against the innerface of the flange 25" at therighllof Figs. and I is thereby arrestedandfthefinger retracts pulley or drum 38.

' The roller 42 to the general locality of the addresses.

from over the stencil allowing the same to discharge from the stencildrum.

In order to facilitate this discharge I provide a pair of cords 36passing around the drum and these cords are deflected at 37 away fromthe drum so as to These cor s or hands orce the stencils off from thedrum at the roper point and they fall upon an endless belt 39 passingaround the pulleys or drums 41 in a trough 40. This belt directs thestencil so that its lower or advanced edge will strike the abutment orblock 42 which has tapering sides. The stencil falling into the troughadjacent the block 42 will be )ressed or struck at about its middleheight by an eccentric 43 on the shaft of one of the rollers 41 and thiswillvcause the upper edge of the stencil to be thrown over to the leftin Fig. 1 and into contact with the eriphery of the roller 42 which willcause tl ie stencil to be packed against the abutment or against thestencils already lying in the trough 45.

is of soft rubber. The abutment is a piece of iron of prismatic shapeand rests loosely in the bottom of the hopper or trough.

The roll 42 it will be noticed is fluted or grooved and the u per edgeof the stencil being engaged by t ese flutes or grooves is caused by thesaid \roller to be moved into position in the trough or hopper 45 to beacted on by the eccentric and to be packed as above described.

i As in the machine-disclosed in the atent above referred to, I em loymeans w iereby the magazines may be istributed according For thispurpose I provide stencils of special form and which are arranged in thehop er at certain points in the series of stenci s so that when one ofthese stencils reaches a certain location it will effect a change in thedelivery of the magazines. Such a delivery controlling stencil is shownin Fig. 8. It is provided with notches at its ends as at 46. When astencil having its ends notched or recessed is fed on. to the stencilcarrier or drum from the hopper 6 the abutment 30 will pass into thenotch or recess when the said abutment moves transversely of the stencildrum and thus the stencil engaging mechanism will be allowed to projectas much further through the drum as is equivalent to the depth of therecess and thus the projecting end of the abutment 31 will strike a triparm47 secured on the shaft 48 which through an arm 47 link 47 and triplever 49 will effect the change in the delivery in a manner somewhatsimilar to that disclosed in the patent above referred to.

The lever 49 has a beveled or inclined end to engage and control aclutch pin 50 which is adapted to connect the drum 10 with the disk 51which is loose on the drum shaft 12.

The trip or clutch lever 49 is normally in position to retract thisclutch pin and allow the disk to remain at rest but when the clutchlever is withdrawn from the pin because of thepresence of the speciallyrecessed stencil at the gripper mechanism the disk will be driven fromthe drum 10 by the clutch pin and the movement of the disk will betransmitted through a rod 52 and beveled gearing at 53 to a shaft 54which is connected with a distributing chute 55. This chute is adaptedto deliver the magazines either into the bag A or the bag B according asit is inclined in one direction or the other and it is automaticallyshifted through the connections described when a recessed stencil occursin the series of stencils and reaches thcstencil gripper mechanism so asto control it to operate the trip arm 47.

The magazines are conveyed to the distributing chute or plate by thebands or tapes 55, 56". The band 56 extends from the pulley 4. The chuteor plate is inclined and ban 56 and it is provided with a stop againstwhich one end of the magazine strikes while its other end continuesonward until it is about parallel with the conveyer hands when it dropsu on the chute or inclined delivery plate an rolls down into the bagintended to receive it. When the distributer is reversed its inclinationis changed so as to deliver the article into the other bag.

The ink necessary to make the impression through the opening in thestencils is-supplied from the ink pad which comprises besides thecontact pad pro or a boX or casing 57 adapted to have radia movement onthe carrier or drum, said radial movement outward taking place when theink pad in moving with thecarrier is passing the, platen 3 at its ripperedgeis slightly below the conveyor 1 which time the impression must bemade and for which purpose a roller 59 is arranged on the sh aft '1 2within the carrier or drum and in vfixed relation thereto so that as thepad boX is passin the roller it will be forced outwardly therebyto makethe impression. It is forced inwardly by the springs 59.

The ink box contains a fountain or ink reservoir 60 perforated at 61 andsurrounded by the felt or other pad material. The bottom of the fountainis curved and is so con,- structed for the purpose of keeping the padmaterial in proper position, abloc'k 62 having a rounded bearing surfacepressing the felt into the grooveor hollow in the ink fountain.

Screws 63 hold the block 62 to the ink fountain i and screws 64 adjustthe position of the ink fountain with the felt oi pad material carriedthereby. I

I provide yielding pins 64 on the platen for t e purpose of re isterinthe articles to be addressed so that t ey wil be pro erly as sociatedwith the stencil. Thev p aten is driven from the rotary carrier by agear 65 on tl eshaft ofthe carrier or drum 5 meshing with gear 66 on theplaten shaft 3 These gears are shown in Fig. 2 and they are mutilated inthe sense that they are not toothed throughout their extent but havelocking surfaces'at intervals as shown at 66, so that the plat'enwillrotate intermittently and be locked between its rotary movements, thelocking means between them being such as to keep the platen in properregistration with the drum.

At 80 I show a screw plug which, when removed will permit the filling ofthe inking fountain or reservoir. It will be noticed that there is aspace below the fountain 60 in the box 57.

The ink )ad is adapted to be inked either by iilling tlie fountain 60and allowing the ink to ass. out and saturate the pad through the ho cs61 or by li'lling the spacein the box above referred to with wickin andsatu rating said wicking with ink anil thus moistening the pad materialin this manner.

The iilling of the box or fountain with ink can be accomplished withoutremoval of the box or fountain from the machine.

in order to control the machine by'sto ping it when a stencil fails tofeed onto t 1e carrier or the supply of stencils in the hopper fails, Iprovide an electrical switch shown diagrammalically at 81 having one endar ranged in the path of the abutment- 31 when said abutmcnt isprojected laterally as a result of the absence of the stencil from thedrum. The switch is thus operated and cuts oil the current to the motorwhich drives the machinc.

ln place oi tllclink pads wc prcl'cr to usc sol't rubbcr inking rollsFig. ll,carricd b v arms St) pivoted to the drum at 78 and prcsscdnormally inwardly b v springs 7t).

'lhc rollers rcccivc ink l'rom -l'ountain and distributing rollers 71,72 and 73 from lounlain Tl). 'lhn roller 73 is rotated through the gcar74 which is drivcn by thc intcrnal gear oi thc drum and said roller 73imparts rotary movcmcnt to-lhc inking rollcr when distributing inklhcrcon. 'lhcrc is one ol the soft inking rolls l'orcach slcncilgripping mechanism. \Yhcn lhc stencil is passing the ilatcn thc sol'tinking roll is l'orccd outwardly b v contact with tho roll'To journalcdin lixcd bcarings, so that said sol t rubbcr roll having bccn inkcd willsprcad itscll' ovcr ihc surl'acc ol' thc slcncil to apply lhc inklhcrcto. .\l'tcl passing ilnrollcr To ihc ink rollcr movcs in- \vardlyundcr tlic action ol lhc spring Til,

ln ordcr lo sccurc lhc pro )cr aclionol' thc clutch l'or collll'olllng'lhc (lll\'(l we cmdo two clutch pins 5U, 5i). nivc alrcady dcscribcd.

'lhc clutch pins arc adaptcd to bc always out ol nclioll wlicn thc vrcacli lll( positi n so and thus ihc disk 5! will make but one halfrevolution at each operation ol ihc lcvcr 49, and in this way thedelivery chute will move to one position for one action and to theopposite position for the next actioni 1 The pins are released from thedisklfil at 50 by a cam 49 which rigidly held to ziiny suitable framepart.

We claim: v

1. In combination in a machine of the class described, a stencil carrieror drum, a platen, means for feeding the magazines or other articles tothe stencil carrier arid platen, driving mechanism, means controllingthe same and operated by contact with the magazine, and means forpositivply forcin the magazine into contact witli the said means,substantially as described.

2. In combination in a machine of the class described,-a stencilcarrier, a platen, means for feeding the magazines or. other articlesthereto, driving mechanism and means for controlling the same by contactwith the magazine and means for gripping the magazine an forcing thesame positively against the said controllingmeans, substantially asdescribed.

3. In combination in a machine of the class described, a stencilcarrier, a platen, driving means therefor, controlling means, means forfeeding the ma azines to the stencil carrier and platen, and a reverserfor engaging the magazine and ositively forcing the same into'contactwiti the controlling means, substantially as described.

4. In combination in a machine of the class described, means for feedinthe megazines or other articles to be addressed, addressing means,driving means therefor, controlling means for the driving mechanism, anda rcvcrser for engagingthe magazines as fed by the feeding means andt-Lrning the same to )ositively engage the controlling means,substantially as described.

ln cmnbination in a machine of the class described, addressing means,driving mechanism, controlling means, a feed band, means for positivelycngagim a magazine and forcing the same against the controlling means,said engaging means having a portion to arrest further progress oi" themagezines being led until its return to norinaiposition, substantiallyas described.

(3. In combination in a machine of the class described, mcans forprinting the address, driving moans, controlling means for the drivingmeans. a l'ccd band or hands for thc magazincs, and a rcverscr to engagethe magazine and positively move the same into cngagcmcni with thecontrolling means, said rcvcrscr having ascgmcutal portion to arrest theonward movement of the other magazines, substantially as dcscribcd.

T. ln combinnllou, the addressing means, driving mcchanisin tlicrcl'or,controlling means, a rcvcrscr having a linger l7 and a scgnn-ntalportion, said rcvcrscr engaging e. [magazine and forcing the same intopositive 130 contact with the controlling means, substantially asdescribed.

8. In combination with the hop er for the stencils, a drum having theedge anges and circumferential ribs with recesses therein into which thestencils drop from the hopper, and means for engaging the said stencilsto hold them While the address is being printed, substantially asdescribed.

9. In combination with the hopper, the carrier or drum for the stencils,the fixed finger or fingers at one side of the drum, movable finger orfingers atthe opposite side of the drum, and an abutment to on age thestencil and move it transversely of t e drum to be engaged by the fixedlingers, and means for operating the movable finger and the abutment,substantially as described.

10. In combination in a machine of the class described, a hopper, astencil carrier or drum, a fixed finger or fingers on the drum, a

. movable finger opposite the fixed finger or fingers, a slidingsupportfor the said movable finger, an abutment carried by the saidsliding support adapted to engage the stencil at or near the movablefinger, a second abutment on the said sliding support to engage theopposite edge of the stencil, and means for operating the said slidingsupport, sub stantially as described.

11. In combination, the hopper, the stencil carrier having the edgeflanges and the circulnferential ribs with depressions in the said ribsto receive the stencils, said ribs being located at a slight distancefrom the edge flanges, and means for holding the stencils to the drum,the ends of the said stencils overlying the s acc between the ribs andthe edge flanges, su stantiallyas described.

12. In combination in a. machine of the class described, a hopper, adrum or carrier for the stencils having the edgellanges between whichthe stencils are received, gripper lingers, one of which is fixed andone movable, an abutment for each end of the stencil and means formovably supporting the said abutment and the movable finger,substantially as described.

13. In combination, the hopper, the stencil drum or carrier having theedge flanges and the circumferential ribs between them and separatedtherefrom, said ribs having depressions to receive the stencils, a fixedfinger at one edge of the stencil carrier or drum, a movable linger orlingers at or near the other edge, movable abutmcnts for engaging theends of the stencils and for moving them transversely of the drum lirstin one direction to be engaged by the fixed lingers and then in theother dircctirm, and movable supporting means for the said abutments andthe movable linger, substantially as described.

14. In combination, the hopper, the drum or carrier, means for grippingthe stencils and for releasing them, the said means having movement ofthe stencilwhen being released,

substantially as described.

15. In combination, the rotary carrier for the stencils, means forgripping the stencils thereto and releasing them therefrom, a band forreceiving the stencils, a grooved rdbber wheel adjacent the said band.to engage the leading edge of the stencil and direct it downwardly, andmeans for receiving the stencils from the said band, substantially asdescribed.

16. In combination with the stencil car rier, a band to receive thestencils discharged therefrom, and a grooved roller adjacent the bandfor directing the stencils downwardly, substantially as described.

17. In combination, a drum or carrier-for the stencils, a band forreceiving the stencils therefrom, a trough having a block therein freelymovable, means for engaging the stencils falling into the trough to movethem forward, said means contacting with the stencils at or near themiddle height thereof, and means for engaging the upper ends of thestencils for nioving them against the said block, substantially asdescribed.

18. In combination with the carrier or drum for the stencils, a band toreceive the stencils therefrom, a roller at the discharge end of thesaid band to direct the stencils downwardly, a trough below the saidroller, a follower therein, and means for engaging the said stencils attheir middle or lower portions for pressing them forward, the saidroller engaging the upper art of the stencils as pressed forward, suistantially as described 19. In combination with a stencil carrier,means for controlling the delivery of the addressed article todistribute the same, means on the carrier for engaging the stencils, andstencils arranged to permit a variable amount of movement to the saidengaging means to operate the controlling means, substantially asdescribed.

20. Incombination with the stencil carrier, moans controlling thedistribution of the addressed articles, stencils, some of which haveintact edges and others having notched edges, and means on the stencilcarrier to engage the edges thereof and to have a variable amount ofmovement according as the said edges are intact or notched whereby toopcrate,the controlling mechanism or miss the same, substantially asdescribed.

11. In combination with a stencil carrier, the gri )pcr lingers thereon,one of which is movab e, movable abutmcnts to engage the stencils, oneof said stencils having a notched edge whereby the abutmcnts arepermitted a greater amount of movement, and controlling means to beoperated by one of the said abutmcnts, substantially as described.

22. In combination with an addressing machine, a delivery band or bands,a stop in the path of one end of the magazine or other article adaptedto arrest the same while the other end is carried forward by the band orbands, and a delivery chute to receive the article when turned by thesaid stop, substantially as described.

23. In combination the hopper, a carrier for receiving the stencilstherefrom means on the carrier for gripping the stencil and means on thecarrier for moving the stencil into and out of engagement with saidgripping means, substantially as described.

'24. In combination, the hopper, a drum for receiving the stencilstherefrom, the gripper fingers fixed at one end of the drum and themovable gripper lingers arranged at the other end of the drum andmovable towards and from the fixed gripper fingers, substantially asdescribed.

25. In combination in a machine of the class described, a delivery bandor bands, a shifting chute to receive the magazines therefrom, means forautomatically shifting said chute and a sto on said chute for the magazine, substantia ly as described. l r

26. In combination, with the stencil drum, gripper means thereon havingan excess movement when the stencil is absent from the said drum and aswitch 0 erated by the 0' said grippermeans when the atter is moved toits extreme position, substantially as described:

27. .In combination, the delivery mechane ism comprising a chute, acrank disk for con- 35- trolling the same, means for driving the crankdisk one halt revolution for each change in the delivery andconnectionsbetween the crank disk and the chute, substantially asdescribed. f o

28. In combination the delivery mechanismcomprising a chute, a clutch,connections between the clutch and the delivery chute, the two clutchpins, means for holding them out of action when they reach a certainposi- 45 tion and means for controlling the clutch pins to throw theminto and out of action, substantially as described. I

1n testimony whereof we afiix o'ur signaiures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES OWENS. ALEXANDER LYLE. Witnesses for Owens:

M. Connrean, ()nAs. W. Funss. Vitnesses for Lyle: Cnas. W. FUEss,

E. S. KnvoAm.

